Just some random thoughts

Well, I just thought I would share some random thoughts and photos with you today. But first an update on the work around the house. I still haven't finished the deck but all I have to do is add some rails and ballasters on the lower ramp and I will be finished with the construction. I do want to paint it to match the house but that is something I can do anytime so it is a lower priority. The other projsect I was working on was the sprinkler system, mainly because I had to change the sprinklers in the back because of the addition on the deck. All I have left to do there is wire the valves and reprogram the controller but I didn't want to work today so I'll do it either tomorrow or Monday.There is really no need to rush right out and do it as it's not like I don't have time in the future. But, when I finish both of those projects, I have to "power-wash" the house. At least that will be cool and somewhat refreshing, if work can be that.

Now on to random thought and photos. I was watching a program the other day about an exterminator in Louisiana. He had been called to remove a nuisance alligator from a pond because the people that lived around the pond were afraid it would grab a pet, or worse yet, a child because of it's size. When they finally captured the gator, it measured out to s little over 11 feet. That got me to thinking about a gator we saw on the St Johns River on one of our boat trips. We always look for wild life when we are out on the boat and when we saw this gator, I headed toward it so we could get a better look. I have to tell you, it was the biggest gator I have ever seen. When we were about 20 feet from it, it slowly slid into the water and I thought our friend Mary was going to "wet her pants" she was so frightened. someone had told her a gator could turn over a pontoon boat and she was sure that was going to happen. We all thought she would walk across the river if the gator came toward the boat. It didn't want anymore to do with us then we did of him. As you can tell by the following photo it was at least 11 or 12 feet long. (To estimate it's length, you estimate the space between the nose and the eyes, in inches, and that gives you an estimated length in feet).



For Father's Day, Daryl and Doug sent me a gift certificate from Amazon.com, which I used to purchase a stoneware bread pan. It can be used for other things as well, but I am only going to use it for bread. I have made a few loaves of bread in it already, but the more I use it the better looking the bread becomes. So when I made bread today, I baked a beautiful loaf so I could take a picture to share with you. Always before, I would bake a round loaf in my cast iron Dutch oven. Of course it was good but I wanted to be able to bake a loaf to use foe sandwiched, etc. Well, now I can and it has been fun to experiment with it trying to make the perfect loaf. Based on the photo, I'm sure you'll agree I came close this time.



I know this post wasn't very exciting but I never said I was a Hemingway, or Shakespeare, or even Dr. Seuss. I do hope you did enjoy reading parts of it though. 'Til next time, as thay say in the South, "Bye!"